Jan. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 129

PORT PHILLIP BAY.—WERRIBEE JETTY.

Notice is hereby given that a green light, visible in clear weather about two miles distant, is exhibited from a lamp-post 30 ft. above high water, erected on the outer end of the Werribee Jetty.

By order.
ALEXR. WILSON,
Port Officer.

Harbour Office, Customs,
Melbourne, 23rd December, 1897.

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Alterations to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force upon the New Zealand Government Railways.

IN pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling me under “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and any amendment thereof, and also of “The Government Railways Act, 1894,” I, William Campbell Walker, acting for the Minister for Railways, do hereby make the following alterations in the scale of fares, rates, and charges in force on the New Zealand Government railways open for traffic, such alterations to come into force on and after the 31st day of January, 1898:—

PART I.—PASSENGERS.

SECTIONAL FARES FOR MESSRS. COOK AND SONS’ TOURS.

• Via Rimutaka. † Rail only. ‡ Via W.M. Railway and Rimutaka, and vice versa.

Tickets for these tours are issued subject to the conditions contained in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 46, of the 28th August, 1890.

§ Cook’s return tickets will be available for return as follows:—

Auckland to Rotorua, for three months from date of issue.

Auckland to Okoroire and Tirau, for two months from date of issue.

Napier to Wellington and vice versâ, for two months from date of issue.

For distances over 200 miles, for two months from date of issue.

For distances up to 200 miles, for one month from date of issue.

PART I.—PASSENGERS: GENERAL FARES AND REGULATIONS.

Regulation 28. School season tickets.

” 30. Technical schools season tickets.

These tickets will be available for any distance not exceeding 60 miles.

As witness my hand, this twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

W. C. WALKER,
Acting for Minister for Railways.

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Officiating Ministers for 1898.—Notice No. 3.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1898.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following name of an Officiating Minister within the meaning of the said Act is published for general information:—

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend Robert Wyllie.

GEO. DRURY,
Deputy Registrar-General.

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“The Dairy Industry Act, 1894.”—Notice to Exporters of Butter and Cheese.—No. 505.

Department of Agriculture,
(Dairying Service),
Wellington, 26th January, 1898.

EXPORTERS of butter or cheese consigning the same to the Government stores must make their own arrangements for the transit of the produce to and from the store, and also for its shipment, including insurance, and protection from damage or loss of any kind, as the Government undertake no duty and incur no liability except in respect of—

(1.) The payment of the cost of freezing and storage of butter.

(2.) The payment of the cost of the storage of cheese.

(3.) The handling in and out of the store of both butter and cheese.

The free storage will be for one month, or until the earlier loading-date of the first vessel having available space. If for any reason the produce is not shipped within the month, or by the first ship whose loading-date is during the month, the exporter will be liable for all storage thereafter.

All butter must be in store at least four clear days prior to shipment, for the purposes of being cooled or frozen; and cheese should be at least one month old before being sent to store.

Subsection (3) of section 21 of “The Dairy Industry Act, 1894,” provides,—

“ That on every keg, box, or package containing butter or cheese, and on every cheese in each lot, the date or dates on which such butter or cheese was manufactured, and the number of the churning or vat, as the case may be, shall be legibly stamped or marked. The date or dates and number as required by this subsection may be removed after grading.”

On the despatch of any produce to the store, full particulars (brands, weights, name of steamer to be shipped by, &c.) must be forwarded (postage prepaid) to the grader at the store.

Books of advice-notes, containing fifty forms, are obtainable from the Government Printer, Wellington, price 1s.

The following are declared to be Government stores:—

For Butter only.

The Auckland Freezing Company’s Cold-stores, Auckland.

The Wellington Meat Export Company’s Freezing-works, Wellington.

The Taieri and Peninsula Dairy Company’s Store, Dunedin.

For Cheese only.

The Wellington Harbour Board’s Store, Wellington.

For Both Butter and Cheese.

The Taranaki Freezing-works, Moturoa, New Plymouth.

The Mount Egmont Freezing-works, Waitara.

The Lyttelton Harbour Board’s Cold-store, Lyttelton.

The Otago Dock Trust’s Cold-store, Port Chalmers.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Secretary for Agriculture.

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Tender.

Railway Department (Head Office),
Wellington, 26th January, 1898.

THE tender of C. Y. Wall has been accepted for right to keep a book-stall at the Christchurch Railway-station from 17th January, 1898, to 31st March, 1899, at a rental of £55 per annum.

T. RONAYNE,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

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Examination for Land Surveyors.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th November, 1897.

IN accordance with the regulations for the examination of surveyors under “The Land Act, 1892,” as published in the New Zealand Gazette of 5th March, 1896, it is hereby notified that the next examination thereunder will be held on 29th March next.

T. M. GRANT,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners,